LQ

BIOGRAPHY: LETS GO INTO THE WORLD OF LLOYD JOHNSON, BETTER KNOWN TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AS LQ WHICH STANDS FOR LIFE QUALITY. BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK TO A BIG FAMILY OF 7 { 3 BROTHERS AND 3 SISTERS }. GROWING UP IN NEW YORK HE FACED MANY CHALLENGES , AS SO FOR OTHERS LIVING IN THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE WE SEE EVERYDAY. SURROUNDED BY THESE POOR LIVING CONDITIONS TOOK ITS TOLL ON LQ BUT IT HAS ONLY MADE HIM THE MAN HE IS TODAY. HIS PARENTS MADE SURE HE WENT TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY AND WAS A REGULAR ON THE HONOR ROLE LIST. ALWAYS ONE FOR SPORTS HE STAYED INVOLVED IN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL WITH THE LATTER BEING THE SPORT HE FURTHER PURSUED IN COLLEGE. HIS FATHER SCUNNER JAYS IS A WELL KNOWN SINGER FROM JAMAICA. HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES ON TOUR. HE WOULD ALWAYS PLAY THE GUITAR AND SING SIMULTANEOSLY AROUND A THEN YOUNG LQ WHICH PLANTED A SEED FOR HIS LOVE OF MUSIC. HIS LOVE FOR HIP-HOP WAS FED BY THE POETIC LYRICS AND BOMBASTIC BEATS JAY-Z, THE LATE GTREAT BIGGIE SMALLS, NAS AND FOXY BROWN JUST TO NAME A FEW. THEN ONE DAY HE ASKED HIMSELF WHATS KEEPING ME FROM WRITING RAPS? HE WOULD LISTEN TO OTHER RAPPERS, MOST HE KNEW HE COULD DO BETTER THAN AND THATS WHEN THE INSPIRATION FULLY SURFACED TO START WRITING HIS OWN RAPS. WITH HIS PARTNER LO THEY WROTE AND RECORDED AND RELEASED THEIR 1ST MIXTAPE TITLED BLINDED BY THE STREETS WHICH GARNERED SOME LOCAL ATTENTION BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY GAVE LQ CONFIDENCE AND SHOWED HE CAN REALLY CREATE MUSIC. FOLLOWING BLINDED BY THE STREETS LQ TOOK THE SOLO APPROACH, LINKED UP WITH BEST FRIEND BLACK LOTTERY { HYPE RADIO 95.1FM HOST, NEW YORK CITYS GRIND BOSS }, STARTED RAW CHAT ENTERTAINMENT AND RELEASED TWO MIXTAPES TITLED RAW CHAT AND GOING POSTAL WITH THE LATTER CD GETTING STRONGS REVIEWS IN THE SOURCE AND XXL MAGAZINES. HE THEN STARTED PERFORMING AT SHOWS ALL ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA SUCH AS THE PYRAMID, SUGAR SHACK, THE REMOTE LOUNGE ,S.O.B, CLUB BACKSTAGE, DON HILLS, CLUB TNY { THE TEMPLE }. PUTTING HEAVY EMPHASIS ON LYRICS, STAGE PRESENCE , AND CLARITY IN SPEECH HE EASILY PLEASES THE CROWD. IN ONE OF HIS MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES HOSTED BY D.J KAY SLAY HE IMPRESSED THE DRAMA KING { WHICH IS NOT EASY } TO THE POINT HE WAS INVITED UP TO HOT 97'S DRAMA HOUR TO GIVE NEW YORK CITY A TASTE OF WHAT HE HAD TO OFFER. NEEDLESS TO SAY HE DOMINATED ON THE MIC AND WAS ALSO INVITED TO SHADE 45, KAY SLAYS SIRIUS RADIO SHOW WHERE HE MADE AN IMPRESSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S. HE'S BEEN FEATURED ON MANY DVD'S FROM PRODUCT TO KUSH TO SMACK, INVADED MIXTAPE FROM D.J DON DEMARCO TO D.J TRE UNDA TO KAY SLAY AND HAS WORKED WITH MANY NOTABLE ARTISTS SUCH AS M.O.P S LIL FAME FORMERLY OF G-UNIT, DUTCH FORMERLY OF THE GROUP MAJOR FIGURES, BROOKLYN MC CARDIO, THE LIST GOES ON. LATELY HE'S BEEN RECIEVING HEAVY ATTENTION FROM ATLANTIC RECORDS AS WELL AS JIVE AND UNIVERSAL. HAVING BEEN COSIGNED BY INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS { SICAMORE: ATLANTIC, KAY SLAY : STREETSSWEEPERS , RAEKWON OF WU-TANG } HE IS WELL ON HIS WAY TO MAKING HIS MARK IN THE EVER CHANGING HIPHOP WORLD. MANY BELIEVE HE IS THE BEST KEPT SECRET , A VERY TALENTED AND SERIOUS ARTISTS THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW A FORMAT THATS WHY THEY CALL IT RAW CHAT. HIS NEXT MIXTAPE TITLED THE NEW BIRTH SHOULD CONTINUE THE BIDDING WAR FOR HIS SERVICES AND SHAKE HIPHOP OUT OF ITS SO CALLED " DEAD " STAGE. AN HONEST TALENT LIKE THIS WONT BE ON MARKET TOO LONG." MY MUSIC IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY EXPANDING FANBASE, I LOVE BEING AN ME" ITS RAW CHAT BABY